. On January 10, 2026, people from Alford, Massachusetts and surrounding hamlets, villages and towns gathered at a point where 250 years ago, in the middle of winter, an extraordinary military cavalcade of horse-drawn sleds carrying 51 cannons and two howitzers passed on their way from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston. This was Henry Knox’ … Continue reading →
. . Today’s picture of Svante Pääbo, 2022 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine , reminded me of iconographic images I have been collecting, of scientists contemplating their work in staged paintings or photographs. They include two striking photographs of me with my beloved ribosome, one at the Wadsworth Center in Albany, and one … Continue reading →
. . We’re back for a week, from a year living in Great Barrington, MA. The sun was out when we arrived, and decided to take a stroll. I didn’t get very far because I was drawn to the visual bombardment that I had missed. Here are some of the pictures, all close to the … Continue reading →
